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Sunday's Execution - Pt. 2

“He was s-sentenced to hang in Oriental Springs, where he’s from. They just couldn’t do it. He didn’t die. They shipped him off to Oakwood to be hung...

Sunday's Execution - Pt. 1

Logan couldn’t remember the last time someone knocked on his door. He was half-way into a boot when it happened. So infrequent were his guests that...

It’s A New Day

It’s A New Day by Paul Mccann . I wake up and it’s a new day the dark night has gone away , and the birds are singing to the sky . . The song of life...

Reasons to Praise

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Wholehearted praise, through all my days; reflective gaze, on all your ways: creation beautiful I see, and purchased full salvation free. Your grace has taught of freedom bought …
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Ode on a cloud in mercury with a silver lining

Caravaggio, he say, duel I fought, between right and wrong, alas it was all for nought. Now I paint in brown and chalky white, look to the skies and...

One Last time

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one last time I run my fingers in your hair one last time I held your hand one last time you smile at me one last time we share a joke one last time...
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Tamales (a poem)

Tamales At the end of the rainbow there is a foil-wrapped package of pork tamales roll your eyes at anyone who blathers on about some pot of gold all...
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Renaldo Goes Nuts

“Well, look what the cat drug in,” said Frederick. It was a statement so cringe-worthy that Renaldo placed a wing over his breast and shuddered. “Don...

Sometimes my computer fan screams at me

Sometimes my computer fan screams at me. Then freezes Crashes. It’s crashing more now. Nothing’s changed It had been showing the same word document...

Snowbirds & Sunbirds- welcome guests

It is February in Southwest Florida. The warm Florida sun presides over the gentle sway of palm trees and the rhythmic sussuration of the Seaside...
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Story of the week

Parables of Clippety (4) - Jellyfish

The train pulled into Liverpool Lime Street and both women immediately became shiny eyed, the corners of their lips turned up and their hearts beat...
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And then there is …

[ A slight edit of an old one] A whirling storm … until — it was suddenly still …
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THE FIRST ANGEL 11

We sat in our puffy chairs facing each other across the antique table sampling the whisky. The silence felt awkward after our intense verbal...

The Age of Fear

Aid. Aids. Big brother. Surveillance. Cops and robbers. Internet sex, child porn, pornography. Computers. Machines. Artificial Intelligence. CIA...
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Ode on a good father, North London, 1933

He had an anchor sketched on his forearm and a bust of Churchill, much later, on the dresser. He told tales in Cockney of building coal fires and...

Time After Time

It was strange. It was like visiting their first school after years away. Familiar, yet there were constant reminders that they had changed and...

Almost like home

Instant regret reigned. Orange sands whirled around them, finding its way into their every exposed crevice. Lore sighed. They checked their Breacher...

Memories Long Forgotten

“Small changes matter.” Time began. “This universe is decaying for one simple reason, there’s an active time loop. You just need to get there and...
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The Storm : All Blow Away

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Storm comes to cleanse the world or at least this land, All Blow away, the cobwebs and corruption, lies and deceit. Blow away the plastic, oceans of...

Awkward Sean

Sean never applied to become an angel, at no point in his life did he aspire to angelic status. But when he died, instead of being greeted by a...

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